Meeting up with MeowMeow

"So sorry dear meowmeow, you got to come all the way to Bishan to meet me. Although this is supposedly to be a birthday treat for you, I have to make you travel so far. Thank you for your understanding. Its really difficult for me to travel nowadays. Even walking for 15mins could tire me ot very easily...."

Met up with Cat on the Hari Raya PH. Havent seen her for a while and also owed her a birthday treat....She is one of the few friends I have managed to keep in touch with even after I got married and with kids. Its not easy to maintain the contact and I truly appreciate this friendship of ours.

We had a simple lunch at the Froggie restaurant (Sakae Sushi) at Junction 8. Hubby and Trenyce tagged along because of changes in plan going back to Labis. Anyway, its good too because it was raining very heavily on the day and hubby could give me a ride hehe....

Trenyce with MeowMeow

Trenyce enjoying her kid's meal..

Dinner at Swensen - 18th Dec 2007

Got some vouchers from company today and decided to "reward" hubby for being a stay-at-home dad today :p

We had quite a feast - spagetti, fish baked rice, cheese sticks (finger food), salad and an ice cream fondue....wow yummy yum yum....we enjoy the food and so does Trenyce.

Look who's the pussy cat here?

Attacking the fondue...

Prata Feast!

We brought Trenyce to Upper Pierce reservoir sometime in June. We dropped by the prata shop nearby as well. See Trenyce enjoying her prata feast!

My date with "Tong Shui"

Is suddenly in the mood to cook “tong shui” recently. The urge gets especially strong when I recall the photos taken with my frens 3mths ago on my 29th birthday. In the photo was myself with 2 other galfrens same-aged as me but none of them were with kids or married. A closer look at the photo and it was obvious to all that I am already member of the “ah soh” club while they were not. With the laughing lines circled around my eyes and the dull, shaggy face due to lack of sleep…how not to? Sigh! So sad! :'(

I begin to wonder if its true that women with kids will need to work extra hard to maintain their “outlook” as compared to before they have kids? To be honest, I am quite lazy when it comes to these facial routines. I find it very time consuming and also expensive :p Well, guess I got to do something about it.

Then I remember the Cantonese culture of eating a lot of those “tong shui” to maintain their youthful look so I decided to try out this method. Afterall, I have a free teacher (my mother’s a Cantonese) to guide me on the cooking. So no worries! :D

Yesterday, I cooked my first "tong shui" - Beancurd skin with gingko nuts, eggs, barley. The Cantonese called it “Fu zhu” (I think). Heard its very nourishing for the complexion. Comments from my PIL, hubby & colleagues were encouraging. I have therefore decided to cook one “tong shui” every week!

Hope I am not too ambitious!